FDA began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and interstate travel facilities
In 1969, the FDA began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and interstate travel facilities, and…
In 1969, the FDA began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and interstate travel facilities, and…
On Nov. 26, 1968, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a second live, further attenuated measles…
On Apr. 7, 1968, the FDA Bureau of Drug Abuse Control and Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics were…
In March 1968, a reorganization of federal health programs placed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in…
In 1968, The FDA formed the Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) to implement recommendations of the National Academy…
In 1968, Medtronic annual sales skyrocketed to more than $12 million, with the company reporting net income in…
On Dec. 28, 1967, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mercks mumps virus vaccine live (MumpsVax)….
In 1967, Medtronic introduced two “on-demand” pacemakers, designed to avoid competition between paced beats and the patient’s own…
On Nov. 3, 1966, the Child Protection Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The bill enlarged the…
On Jun. 8, 1965, FDA appointed science advisors to stimulate career development.
In 1966, the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act required all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly…
In 1966, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed amantadine (marketed as Symmetrel) to Du Pont, a…
On Aug. 30, 1964, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested help in removing “X-33 Water Repellent”…
In 1964, the anticancer drug Azidothymidine (AZT) was synthesized in Michigan Cancer Foundationï¾’s chemistry lab by Jerome Horwitz,…
On Jul. 10, 1963, the U.S. FDA approved vincristine, a sister drug to vinblastine. The drug was established…
On Jun. 20, 1963, the FDA announced three sets of regulations governing“ the manufacture, effectiveness and promotion of…
On Oct. 21, 1962, Jere E. Goyan, Ph.D., becomes commissioner of food and drugs. Goyan was the first…
On Oct. 10, 1962, the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments were signed into law by President Kennedy. The Legislation was…
On Jul. 15, 1962, Thalidomide, a new sleeping pill developed by the German company Gr�nenthal, was found to…
On Oct. 6, 1961, the National Congress on Medical Quackery convened in Washington, D.C. sponsored jointly by the…
In September 1961, U. S. Congress authorized the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct a study of…
On Jan. 10, 1961, External D&C No. 15, a red color additive widely used in cosmetics before it…
On Sept. 21, 1960, FDA officials announced the last remaining major source of the discredited Hoxsey cancer treatment…
On Jul. 12, 1960, the President approved the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act, enforced by FDA, which required…
In 1960, The FDA approved Enovid as the first oral contraceptive available in the U.S.
On Nov. 16, 1959, Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), an alkylating agent designed to improve the selectivity of cancer drugs, was…
On Nov. 9, 1959, at the instruction of Arthur S. Flemming, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare,…
On Feb. 10, 1959, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that nasal inhalers containing basic amphetamine can…
In 1959, William Prusoff of Yale University discovered idoxuridine, the first effective antiviral that fights herpes by interfering…
On Dec. 9, 1958, the U.S. Congress enacted the Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and…